Forum riot witnesses question police action and city payrolls
Las Vegas readers note the Los Angeles Forum riot where locals observed police restraint. The column mocks city supervision on road crews and references Judy Edsall’s deaf education series at SUN Youth Forum. A press conference previews the Cattlemen’s Exposition backed by Hughes Resort Hotels and Stardust.
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Jack Kent Cooke
Fabulous
Sports Palace
Forum
Los Angeles
Chicago
Judy Edsall
Hughes
Caldera Wins Venezuelan Presidency After Ballot Count
After eight days of tallying, Rafael Caldera, a Christian Democratic candidate, is declared president of Venezuela with 29.08 percent of 3.7 million votes. Gonalo Barrios, Miguel Burelli Rivas, and Luis Beltran Prieto trail, as Caldera pledges brotherhood and takes office in March.
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UPI
Supreme Electoral Council
Rafael Caldera
Venezuela
Gonzalo Barrios
Accion Party
Miguel Burelli Rivas
Victory Front
Luis Beltran Prieto
Accion
Caldero
Nixon reinstated to North Las Vegas Police after appeal
North Las Vegas Civil Service Board ruled Sgt Leon Nixon of the police force, fired October 8 for alleged rule violations, should be reinstated with back pay to October 9. The unanimous decision followed four hearings with about 20 witnesses, mostly fellow officers, and hearings were closed at the attorney’s request. Municipal Judge Ray Davies was subpoenaed but not called.
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North
Nixon
John Fadgen
Fadgen
North Las Vegas
Ray Davies
Jordan appeals to Nixon over Phantom jet sale to Israel
Jordan urged President elect Nixon to halt the United States sale of Phantom jet warplanes to Israel. Ambassador Muhamad H. El Earre told the General Assembly Special Political Committee that Jordan’s House of Representatives condemned Johnson’s administration for furnishing Israel with new jets.
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UPS
Jordan
Richard M. Nixon
Israel
United States
Muhamad H. ElEarre
General Assembly
Jordanian House of Representatives
Johnson
Lambeth Hospital Offers Day Care for Disturbed Children
In Lambeth England a hospital children’s department provides psychiatric day care for severely disturbed children. The unit aims for a cheerful kindergarten atmosphere with toys rabbits and climbing frames and includes extra rooms where exhausted mothers can rest and regain confidence.
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England
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Saigon Refuses Viet Cong as Equal at Paris Talks
South Vietnam reiterates that the Viet Cong is a North Vietnamese tool and rejects equality in negotiations. A stalled expanded conference looms as Lam and Vance clash over table shape and procedural terms. Hanoi denounces Ky as a puppet while urging a Viet Cong political offensive to end the war.
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UPI
Saigon
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Hanoi
Pham Dang Lam
Cyrus R. Vance
Lam
South Vietnam
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Vance
United States
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Hitler
Narco Raid Nabs Two Juveniles Near Desert Car
An alert officer tailed a dark car into the desert area near Charleston Boulevard and Rainbow Road and found a plastic bag with marijuana. The two youths, ages 16 and 17, were taken to juvenile authorities on narcotics charges.
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Rainbow Rd
Ray Stephenson
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